Deep Latin linguistics

[David Marjanovic <david.marjanovic@gmx.at>]

> <Actually, it's _gener-_, as in generic.>

Genus, generis, generi... plural starts with genera. It's just the entire
"genus" + an ending, while the unstressed u got weakened (Maniraptora is
correct!) and the s turned into a z because it was surrounded by vowels, and
this in turn was unstable in Latin, turning into r.

>   There is also _geneti-_, _geno-_, etc. for genetic,
> genotype, and so forth.

This is purely _Greek_ -- genesis = origin (AFAIK).

> The root itself (_gens_ or _genus_, I forget)

Certainly related, but different words. Gens (gentis, genti...) is a sort of
noble clan.

And while I am at it, gener (generi, genero...) is the son-in-law.